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A medical staff preparing to administer a does of COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Huaian, in eastern Jiangsu Province, China, on March 21, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has aggressively promoted domestically produced COVID-19 vaccines since 2021, claiming it has vaccinated more than a billion people in China.
In recent months a debate has been spurred in China on the effectiveness of the vaccines and their potential side effects.